CVE-2008-4582

Debian Linux - Access Control

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-4582. PoCs published by Liu Die Yu.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a same-origin policy bypass in Firefox via crafted internet shortcut files to access cached URLs and images from other domains. The PoC uses iframes to load malicious .url files and JavaScript to extract cached data.

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 through 3.0.3, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13, when running on Windows, do not properly identify the context of Windows .url shortcut files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via an HTML document that is directly accessible through a filesystem, as demonstrated by documents in (1) local folders, (2) Windows share folders, and (3) RAR archives, and as demonstrated by IFRAMEs referencing shortcuts that point to (a) about:cache?device=memory and (b) about:cache?device=disk, a variant of CVE-2008-2810.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Liu Die Yu · htmlremotemultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32466

This exploit leverages a same-origin policy bypass in Firefox via crafted internet shortcut files to access cached URLs and images from other domains. The PoC uses iframes to load malicious .url files and JavaScript to extract cached data.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 through 3.0.3
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage · Firefox must be configured to handle .url files
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (32)

Core 32
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45740
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021190
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671
Not Applicable vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455311
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32192
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Nov/1021212.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
Not Applicable vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2818
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497091/100/0/threaded
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4416
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32853
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31747
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32714
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31611
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501

Scores

EPSS 0.1019
EPSS Percentile 95.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (41)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.06
canonical/ubuntu_linux 7.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.10
debian/debian_linux 4.0
mozilla/firefox 3.0.1
mozilla/firefox 3.0.2
mozilla/firefox 3.0.3
mozilla/firefox 2.0
mozilla/firefox 2.0.0.1
... and 31 more
Published Oct 15, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026